INTERNATIONAL CRICKET
Wizards of spin Kuldeep and Chahal set up series win
Visakhapatnam — Spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal picked up three wickets each to set up a comfortable eight-wicket win for India against Sri Lanka in the deciding third and final one-day international (ODI) in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. The wrist-spinners scythed through the Sri Lankan batting order to bundle them out for 215 in under 45 overs after the touring side made a blazing start. The hosts, who won the three-Test series 1-0, breezed to their target with almost 18 overs to spare to secure their eighth series victory in a row in the 50-over format. Stand-in captain Rohit Sharma, filling in for the rested Virat Kohli, fell for seven to off-spinner Akila Dananjaya but Shikhar Dhawan remained unbeaten on 100 to guide India home. Dhawan added 135 for the second wicket with Shreyas Iyer and an unbroken 70 with Dinesh Karthik, who finished on 26 not out. The left-handed opener reached his 12th ODI 100 in 84 balls, hitting 13 fours and two sixes. Playing his third ODI, Iyer ...
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